Disk-record folio



Jul *1 1924.

W. WILBURGER DISK RECORD FOLIO Filed April 4, 1923 Patented July 1, 1324.

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Application filed April 4, 1923. Serial No. 629,786.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM \VILBURGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklymin the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disk-Record Folios, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification;

This invention relates to portfolios or holders for phonograph records of the disk type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a holder for such disks which will support them in the proper position to prevent breakage and in such a manner that convenient access may be had to the records for inserting or removing them from the holder.

Another object is to provide a simple fornr of holder for disk records which will support said records in a substantially vertical position when the holder is opened as well as when it is closed, said holder being adapted to be arranged in the form of an easel when opened. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds. The invention will be as hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side view of a record folio or holder in closed position.

Figure 2 is a front view of said folio or holder in open position.

Figure 3 is a side view of the holder or folio in open position, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional View of the bottom portion of the holder drawn to a larger scale and showing more clearly the arrangement of the binding posts for fastening the record envelopes in the holder.

The folio or holder comprises a stiff back portion 1, or stifi base portion 2 extending forwardly from the lower edge of said back portion substantially at right angles thereto, a stiff front strip 3 extending upward from said base portion substantially parallel to the back portion, and a stiff front member 4: hinged by flexible material 5 to the upper edge of the back portion 1 and adapted to be detachably fastened at its lower edge to the strip 3 by means of the glove fastener memamen WILLIAM "WILBURGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.-

bers 6 and 7, orby other suitable detachable fastening means.

A plurality of disk envelopes 8 are retained in the case by means of binding posts 9 extending between the front strip 3 and Saidbinding posts may be back member 1. made of coiled wire and, as shown, the front ends preferably extend through the strip 3 and are provided with heads 10 engaging the front surface of said-strip. The rear ends of said'binding posts have heads 11 formed by enlarged coils of the wirefand: said rear heads are arranged between the back memher -1 and the adjacent one of the envelopes 8. Said rear envelope is secured to the back member 1 of the holder by suitable adhesive, indicated at 12 in Figure 4, whereby the rear heads of the binding posts are retained in contact with the inner surface of the back portion 1 of the holder. The binding posts 10 are arranged near opposite ends of the strip 3, so that they will not prevent the records, one of which is illustrated at 13 in Figure 2, from reaching down to the bottoms of the envelopes 8 at the middle portions' thereof between said binding posts.

lNhen the holder is closed, as illustrated in Figure l, the flexible member 5, which connects the back portion 1 with the front memher 4 thereof, extends over and incloses the open upper ends of the envelopes 8, thus preventing the records from falling out even though the holder should be accidentally inverted, it being understood that said front member 4 is fastened to strip 3 by the detachable fastening means 6 and 7 when the holder is closed.

When it is desired to remove recor {Tom the cloth coverings of said portions so that the parts 1 and 3 may assume the inclined position with respect to the part 2 indicated in Figures 3 and 4 When the holder is arranged as an easel.

I claim:

1. A record folio of the character described having back and base portions, a strip extending upwardly from the front edge of said base portion, and a front portion flexibly hinged to the upper edge of said back portion, separable fastening means for securing said front portion to said strip, and record envelopes loosely bound in said holder between the back portion and strip.

2. In a. record folio of the character described, the combination with back and base portions, of a strip arranged at the front edge of said base portion substantially parallel to said back portion, a front member flexibly hinged to the upper edge of the back portion, and adapted to be detachably fastened to said strip, record envelopes arranged between the back portion and strip, and binding posts extending through said strip and the lower portions of said envelopes.

' 3. In a. record folio of the character described, the combination with back and base portions, of a strip arranged at the front edge of said base portion substantially parallel to said back portion, a front member flexibly hinged to the upper edge of the back portion, and adapted to be detachably fastened to said strip, record envelopes arranged between the back portion and strip, and binding posts extending through said strip and the lower portions of said envelopes, the rear envelope being secured to the back portion of the holder, and said binding posts having heads arranged between said rear envelope and back portion.

4L. In a record folio, the combination with front, bottom and rear portions having hinge connections with each other, of a sup plemental front portion flexibly hinged to the upper edge of said back portion and adapted to be engaged with said front por tion when the holder is closed and to be turned back to serve as a prop for supporting the holder in the position of an easel when open, said front and rear portions assuming an inclined position with respect to the bottom port-ion in the latter position owing to the hinge connections between said parts.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM WVILBURGER. 

